Dr. Lynne Bowker is the 2026 Allen Smith Visiting Scholar. In her keynote lecture she will examine how the dominance of English in scholarly publishing creates inequities for researchers and limits knowledge exchange.

Dr. Lynne Bowker is the 2026 Allen Smith Visiting Scholar and will be moderating a panel discussion to explore the ethical challenges surrounding Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI chatbots, including issues of data use and consent, algorithmic bias, environmental impact, misinformation, and extractive practices within the AI supply chain.